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Energy Solutions for a Livable Community
A briefing co-sponsored by the House Livable Communities Task Force, the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, and Smart Growth America examined how improved land use and building design could protect our nation's energy supplies and enhance community livability
Solar X-ray spectrum reproduced in vacuum
Desired low energy X rays are produced by modifying commercial ion tubes and combining them with standard power supplies and control circuitry. These X rays have less deviation from the solar X ray spectrum in energy and intensity
Peak oil, geopolitics and the need for relocalization: will our magnificent obsession become our obsolete obsession?
This essay will look at the peak oil question, contemporary âoil geopoliticsâ and their effect not only on energy supplies, but also on transportation, agriculture and food supplies, and population distribution in the United States. While the war in Iraq forms a centerpiece in the geopolitical scene, Russia, China, and other nations will be discussed as well. This essay will also examine the inevitable relocalization which appears to be a necessary result
Bringing pumps to people: giving the poor better access to groundwater irrigation: sustainable approaches and options for eastern India
Groundwater irrigation / Pumps / Tube wells / Energy / Electricity supplies / Poverty / India
Space Station technology planning
Technological requirements for Space Station design were discussed. The requirements are discussed in relation to the following areas: high voltage arrays; environmental interactions; energy management; power supplies; architecture; and modularity
Energy-irrigation nexus in South Asia: Improving groundwater conservation and power sector viability
Tube wells / Energy consumption / Costs / Electricity supplies / Groundwater irrigation / Water policy / Pumps / Water rates
European Energy Union? Caught between securitisation and âriskificationâ
Fears about the security of supplies have been central to debates about the development of an integrated EU energy policy over the past decade, leading to claims that energy has been âsecuritisedâ. Previous analyses have found, however, that although shared security concerns are frequently used as justification for further integration, they can also serve as a rationale for Member States to resist sharing sovereignty. Transcending this apparent paradox would require not just agreement about whether energy supplies are security concerns, but also agreement about what kind of security concern they are. In this article, we examine whether such an agreement could emerge through a comparative analysis of constructions of gas security in the UK and Poland. Utilising a framework that draws from both the philosophical and sociological wings of Securitisation Studies, we demonstrate that although gas has been elevated on the security agendas of both states, the specific logic of insecurity â securitisation or riskification â underpinning these constructions differs substantially, and is conditioned by distinct modes of governance in each Member State. This, we contend, limits the potential for further integration of EU energy policies in the context of the European Commissionâs proposals for an âEnergy Unionâ
Technology assessment of portable energy RDT and P
Results are presented of a workshop conducted to assess portable energy technology. The results were evaluated and areas for future research were considered. Several research categories were studied: increasing presently available fuel supplies, developing new fuel sources, utilization of new transportation fuels, improving conservation practices, and equitable distribution of fuel supplies. Several research projects were proposed, and work statements were constructed for those considered suitable
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